Conveyer-belt.



- G. F. LUCORE.

CONVEYER BELT.

APPucATmN FILED 35? .21. i916.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

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GEORGE E. LUGORE, OF ARRIBA, COLORADO.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, (liionon F. Luconn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arriba, in the county of Lincoln and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oonveyer-Belts, .of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in conveyor belts of the type commonly used on binders, harvesters and other agricultural machmes. i

As is well known to those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, the ,canvas or other flexible material of which belts 'used for conveying material on machines of the character above referred to are composed, is frequently torn at points adjacent the ends of the cross-slats of the belts, by contact with grain or other plants along which the conveyers move in the operation of the machines of which they form part. Tangled grain, heavy forage crops and other growths of similar nature catch between the ends of the cross slats and the canvas, or on the front corner of thecross-slats of the belts and by opposing the longitudinal movement of the same, tear and otherwise injure the flexible material to the extent that it must be frequently repaired or renewed at a consider able expense and loss of time and labor. Many devices have been designed to prevent occurrences of this kind, as for example, metal plates which are bent across the ends of the conveyer slats and fastened at both ends to the canvas. Protective devices of this character were, however, found to be objectionable owing to the fact that they interfere with the free movement of the belts around the rollers unless they are spaced from the slats to an extent that recesses are formed in which the grain catches even more readily and they were consequently discarded by the farmers as being useless and impracticable.

It is the object of the present invention t6} provide a guard or shield of very simple construction which effectively prevents the grain. or other crops from catching between the ends of the cross slats and the canvas of conveyer-belts on agricultural machines, without in any way interfering with the movement of the belts around the rollers upon which they are supported.

My invention contemplates with this object inyiew, the provision of strips of leather or other durable, flexible material Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. is, 191?.

Application filed September 21, 1916. Serial No. 121,465.

which are placed loosely across the ends of the cross-slats and fastened to the canvas at their ends forward of the slats with relation to the direction in which the belt is moved in the operation of the machine upon which it is mounted.

The strips which normally lie snugly upon the ends of the slats, prevent grain or other obstructive'matter from entering the spaces in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated and in which- Figure 1 represents an end view of an agricultural machine the conveyer belts of which are equipped with my improved guards or shields, Fig. 2, a plan view of a portion of a conveyer belt to which my invention has been applied, and Fig. 3, a section taken along the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

' The reference numeral 2 designates an agricultural machine supported upon traction wheels 3 and carrying rollers 4 upon which the conveyer-belts 5 are mounted. The belts are, as usual, composed of an endless sheet of canvas 6 upon which are fastened the equidistantly disposed cross-slats 7 The protective guards designated by the numerals 8 are composed of strips of leather or other suitable material which atone of their ends are fastened to the canvas by means of rivets 9. The guards be normally fiat across the ends of the slats IKS lBESt shown of the sluts. while they are free to move away from the slats when the portions of BEST AVAILABLE COP the eanvas at \vhieh they are applied. move around the rollers upon \\'lll('ll the helt is supported.

The leather guards are preferably t'astened to the eanvas at their ends forward with relation to the direetion ol the movement of the helt in the operation ol the maehine. and while. ordinarily. it is sullieient to appl them only at one end of the slats. the may it so tlt ll'ttl he applied at opposite ends of the same.

The guards may he seellled to helts already in use as well as on new hells. and they may he etl'eetivelv employed to prevent eanvas alread v torn adja ent the ends of the slats, from heing further injured by eontaet with the tangled grain or heav erops along whieh it moves.

Having thus deserihed my invention in the best and simplest form at present known to me. I desire it understood that modifications in the form or size of the guards and the method of seeuring them to the canvas. may be resorted to within the spirit of my invention as expressed in the following claims:

1. The combination with a eonveyer helt having eross-slats, of guards composed of strips of flexible material which are fastened at one of their ends to the belt and lie across the end-portions ot' the slats thereof, free to separate from the belt and the slats attheir opposite ends.

2. The eomhination with a eonveyer-helt X having eross-slats, of guards eoniposed ol strips of flexible material \\'lll('ll are fastened at one of their ends to the helt and lie across the end-portions ot' the slats thereof, free to separate from the belt and the slats at their opposite ends. said strips overlapping at their outer edges. the longitudinal edge of the l)llt.illl itlttllt \\'lllt'll they are applied.

23. The eonihination with a eonveyer hell having eross-slats. of guards eoinposed ot' ,stl'ips ot' tle.\jihle material whieh are fastened at one ol their ends-to the helt and lie across the end-portions of the slats thereof, free to separate from the helt and the slats at their opposite ends. the outer edges of the strips extending slantinglv beyond the longitudinal edge of the hell. adjaeent whieh the are applied.

In testimony \vhereol' l have allixed my signature in preseln'e ol two witnesses GEORGE 1*. LUCORI).

'itnesses:

Jonx J. 'lx'ai'ruuivx. J. F. CHISEL. 

